Originally Posted by Anonymous
Not ALL the elite clubs have holdbacks. Some may have late birthdays or pre-first kids. Certainly most of them don't have multiple 16 years olds on an 8th grade team (Crabs). As a municipal government - Howard Co. has a responsibility to at least provide some oversight to insure the safety of the children playing. They are failing miserably in that regard. One look at the Crabs roster an birthdates and any idiot could see something isn't right.

I would expect SOMEONE in the Howard County government to say that 16 year olds in 8th grade is not a natural grade progression and those kids cannot play. They are complicit by their silence.


Agreed. Why did they bother publishing rules and then ignoring them? The rules were there for a reason and then were ignored. That IS an issue and one Hoco should have addressed instead of throwing it back to parents and club directors. You have a responsibility for oversight or teams are going to continue to do whatever they want. Clubs are going to do whatever they can get away - organizations like Hoco are supposed to be the check and balance on that if they are offering and making money on a league.